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greetings all,

i not sure put if not right place, please feel free move it.

i have linux server host bunch of joomla! websites on. of sites set akeeba backup can log backend of site , pull backup of site. time has rolled on, have accumulated bunch of clients hosting , automate backup system.

so, thought occured me:

1) set file on linux machine in office domains usernames , passwords in it.
2) set cron job automatically go file , work through list.
a) log site.
b) pull backup.
c) download backup , drop onto 2tb external drive
d) delete backup file server

this seems pretty simple in theory, but, long way being linux guru hope, perhaps 1 of folks might have idea of how accomplish this.

with regards,
ron

i know "rsync" - in linux , unix world, best friend unattended ups.

i had linode around year (a virtual server on linode.com)
and used rsync sites , sites of clients.

you can google -- there lots of great sites wonderful examples.

as said myself after learning rsync: "ftp? never again!"

by no stretch of imagination rsync guru -- used manually
and did not integrate cron job -- have guess.